Live from the Time Machine: Duncan Black remembers fourteen years ago, and the days of Tony Blair trying to be clever...

Duncan Black**: The Hippies Could Have Told Them That At The Time: "One thing about that glorious era known as the run-up to the Iraq war...

...is that I learned what it was like to be gaslighted. I must be crazy! I thought, sometimes. Part of the reason this blog exists - it gave my feeling of crazy an outlet.

Supporting it was a great career move for many. Well, not so much the dead people. I suppose that being able to come up with really shitty arguments in favor of even shittier ideas is the mark of a good pundit. That and honing your hippie punching skills. Can't have a horrible war based on false premises (I mean lies) without punching some hippies for good measure. What would be the point?

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